Karen Ball
Feb 2, 2012
Karen Ball, 50 of Rigby, died Thursday, February 02, 2012 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. She was born December 17, 1961 in Rigby, Idaho to H.F. Baxter and Erma Joann Lee Baxter. She was raised and attended schools in Rigby and Klein, Texas and received her GED from EITC in Idaho Falls. On April 3, 1982,...
Christine Grover
Feb 1, 2012
Christine Grover, 92, of Rigby, died Wednesday, February 1, 2012, at her daughter’s home. She was born May 3, 1919 in Dawson, North Dakota to Henry Schmierer and Christina Stadel Schmierer. She was raised and attended schools in Satdel, North Dakota and in Ralph, South Dakota. She came to Idaho when she was 14 years old by train. On January...
Larry Wayne Hoopes
Jan 28, 2012
Larry Wayne Hoopes 71, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Rigby, passed away Saturday, January 28, 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona. He was born July 11, 1940 in Dubois, Idaho to Wendell Larry Hoopes and Minota Francis Wharton. At a young age, eight or nine, he learned to steer the old truck. His dad would drive to work, put the truck in...
Mary Elizabeth Carter
Jan 27, 2012
In loving memory of Mary E. Carter, age 88, passed away at Pine Brook Assisted Living Center of Idaho Falls, Friday, January 27, 2012. She was born in Rigby, June 9, 1923 a daughter to Henry and Mary Richardson Griffin. She attended schools in Rigby graduating from Rigby High School in 1938. She grew close to friends in High School...
Jerold Dale "J.D." Steen
Jan 23, 2012
Jerold Dale “J.D.” Steen, 79, of Idaho Falls, died Monday, January, 23, 2012, at his home. He was born March 21, 1932 in Stahl, Missouri to William Bernie Steen and Martha Ecil Sharp Steen. He was raised and attended schools in Melba, Idaho. On June 2, 1951 he married Phyllis Lorraine Wood in Gifford, Washington. Their marriage was solemnized in...
Leslie "Les" R. Howe
Jan 16, 2012
Leslie “Les” R. Howe, 88 of Rigby, died Monday January 16, 2012 at the Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. He was born April 17, 1923, in Rigby, Idaho to Richard Leslie Howe and Lela Lois Hawker Howe. He was raised and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. He attended the University of Utah for special training...
Gloria M. Taylor
Jan 13, 2012
Gloria M. Taylor passed away on January 13, 2012 at the Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rigby, Idaho. She was born Gloria Mae Wood on November 17, 1934 near Driggs, Idaho to parents who gave her and her six older brothers a good life on the rural farm they called home. She worked hard and played hard, often describing her...
Elton Lorenzo Harmon
Jan 7, 2012
Elton Lorenzo Harmon, age 88, of Milo, died Saturday, January 7, 2012 at The Gardens of Rigby. Elton was born January 21, 1923 at Milo, Idaho a son of Lorenzo Barnes Harmon and Victoria Christensen Harmon. He attended Milo & Iona schools and graduated from Ammon High School. He served in the United States Air Force from 1942 until 1945...
George Richard Juenke
Jan 5, 2012
George Richard Juenke, 76, of Rigby, died Thursday, January 05, 2012, at his home. He was born May 28, 1935, in Hastings, Minnesota, to Richard Clement Juenke and Doris Orene Taplin Juenke. He was raised and attended schools in the Farmington area, graduating from Farmington High School. He served honorably in the US Navy from 1954 to 1964, and was...
Joyce Nelson Allred
Jan 5, 2012
Joyce Nelson Allred, 81, of Rigby died Thursday, January 05, 2012 at her home. She was born August 8, 1930 in Rexburg, to Ferrel A. Nelson and Chloe Hanks Nelson. She was raised in Rexburg, attended Washington Elementary, and graduated from Madison High School. She continued her education at Ricks College, Brigham Young University then graduated from Utah State University...
John Wesley Barton
Jan 4, 2012
John “Big John” Wesley Barton, 64, of Menan, died Wednesday, January 04, 2012 peacefully at his home. He was born July 9, 1947 in Murray, Utah to Wesley Franklin Barton and Faye Gardner Barton while they lived in Midvale, Utah. He was raised and attended schools in Moab, Utah, graduating from high school in Moab. He continued his education in...
Franklin G Kinghorn
Dec 30, 2011
Franklin G. Kinghorn, age 88, of Lewisville, died December 30, 2011 at his home in Lewisville. Frank was born March 20, 1923, in Lewisville, Idaho a son of James Franklin and Elise M. Green Kinghorn. He was raised and attended school in Buhl and Lewisville and graduated from Midway High School. He was an active member of The Church of...
Rex Merlin Merrill
Dec 29, 2011
Rex Merlin Merrill, 75, of Rigby, died Thursday, December 29, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born April 9, 1936, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Rex Smith Merrill and Mildred Ione Tolley Merrill. He was raised and attended schools in Menan, graduating from Rigby High School. After high school, he joined the US Army...
Vernon Olsen
Dec 27, 2011
Vernon Olsen, 79, of Ammon, Idaho, passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2011, at the Yuma Regional Medical Center in Yuma, Arizona. He was born October 22, 1932, in Rigby, Idaho to Oluf LaVerl and Mary Ellen Westergard Olsen. He grew up in Rigby and attended schools through high school there. He married his high school sweetheart, Irene Cook, on March...
Elaine E. Hagen
Dec 25, 2011
Elaine E. Hagen, age 86 of Rigby, passed away at her home in Rigby, Sunday December 25, 2011. Elaine was born on January 24, 1925 in Sioux City, Iowa a daughter to Theodore Eslick and Myrtle Talley Eslick. She married Dan Hagen July 2nd 1953 in Sioux City, Iowa and the two were happily married for 40 years until his...
Marie Taylor
Dec 25, 2011
Rose Marie Taylor, age 90, of Rigby, died at her home, Sunday December 25, 2011. Marie was born August 19, 1921, at Rexburg, Idaho a daughter to George Bradshaw and Jennie Weaver Bradshaw. She married Cleston (Nic) Taylor, September 1, 1939 in Rexburg. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. As a member of The Church...
Dona Zundel
Dec 25, 2011
Dona (Lemmon) Zundel, age 90, of Rigby, returned to be with her husband and her God on Christmas day, December 25, 2011, at the Homestead Assisted Living of Rigby. Dona was born March 23, 1921 at Rigby, Idaho a daughter to Oliver Ernest Lemmon and Pearl Green Lemmon. She attended schools grade 1 through 12 in Rigby. She married George...
Laurel Anne Wheeler
Dec 19, 2011
Laurel Anne Foote Wheeler, 66 of Ririe, died December 19, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. She was born in SLC, Utah on September 19, 1945, the baby daughter of Charles Horace Foote and R. May Mayhew Foote. She attended several schools growing up as her parents served church building missions in various places including Mississippi...
Desiree' Ann Bramwell
Dec 17, 2011
Desiree´ Ann Bramwell 26, of Idaho Falls, died Saturday, December 17, 2011 of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born January 6, 1985 in Rexburg, Idaho. Desi was the fifth child of Kliff and Beverly Bramwell’s six children. She was raised in Lewisville, attended Midway Elementary, Rigby High School, BYU-I, and Bon Losee Hair Academy. She worked at...
Jenny G. Phillips
Dec 16, 2011
Jenny G. Phillips passed away on December 16, 2011. She is now joyfully reunited with her parents who preceded her in death. Born September 14, 1949 in Rexburg, Idaho to E. Max and Betty K. Phillips, she is survived by her siblings Pat Mead (Dave), Burton Phillips (Kathy), Evelyn Frank (Doug), Kathleen McGarry (Tim), and Gail Taylor (Bruce). Jenny graduated...